With the Lent Season approaching, king cake, beads, and masks keep popping up in grocery stores, party stores, and on TV announcing the arrival of a PARTY!- you might be confused with the party in Brazil versus New Orleans. Outlined below are the key the difference in Carnival and Mardi […]

Carnival started as a Catholic holiday. The Friday before Ash Wednesday begins the Carnival and ends at noon on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday then begins Lent. As a custom, generally, meat is not eaten. As the word Carnaval’ comes from the Latin expression ‘carne vale’ which translates as ‘farewell to the meat’. […]